AMITA Health

AMITA Health was an interfaith health system, a joint venture between Alexian Brothers Health System and Presence Health (both part of Ascension) and Adventist Midwest Health (part of AdventHealth).[1] As of 2021, AMITA operated 19 hospitals and hundreds of medical offices, among other facilities. In 2022, the joint venture was broken up.[2]

"AMITA" redirects here. For other uses, see Amita.
AMITA Health
TypeJoint operating company
IndustryHealthcare
Founded2015 (2015)[1]
DefunctApril 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)[2]
Headquarters
Lisle, Illinois
,
United States[3]
Area served
Chicago metropolitan area
Key people
Owners
[6]
Number of employees
17,260 (2018)[6]
Websitewww.amitahealth.org

History

AMITA Health was created in February 2015 as a joint venture between Alexian Brothers Health System (part of Ascension) and Adventist Midwest Health (part of AdventHealth).[1] In 2018, Ascension acquired Presence Health and merged it into AMITA Health.[7] Company representatives said the name AMITA was chosen because it had meaning in several languages: in Hebrew, it means honesty and truth; in Hindi, it means spiritual light and boundlessness; and it Italian, it means friendship.[1]

In September 2019, several executives left Amita Health, including original CEO Mark Frey.[8] In December, the company named Keith A. Parrott president and CEO.[4]

On October 21, 2021, the Ascension and AdventHealth groups announced that the joint venture would be dissolved in the future, with each member hospital remaining in one of those two groups. [9][10]

The split became effective April 1, 2022. The Adventist locations returned to the AdventHealth name, with Ascension Illinois unifying the former Presence Health and Alexian Brothers facilities under the Ascension name.[2]

Religious heritage

The founders of the AMITA Health facilities are:[3]

All of the founders and of the acquired medical groups and centers, except for those of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, were affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.[10]

References
  1. Karp, Gregory (2015-04-13). "Amita Health is new name for hospital joint venture". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. Schencker, Lisa (2022-04-01). "Amita Health officially splits up, with hospitals getting new names". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  3. "About AMITA Health". AMITA Health. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  4. Stephanie, Goldberg (2019-12-23). "Amita names new CEO". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  5. Vaidya, Anuja (2016-11-01). "Amita Health names G.Thor Thordarson COO & Dr. Stuart Marcus inaugural chief clinical officer". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  6. "AMITA Health Stronger Together" (PDF). AMITA Health. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  7. "Presence to join Amita Health". The Herald-News. Joliet. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  8. Goldberg, Stephanie (2019-09-16). "Top brass turnover comes at a bad time for Amita Health". Modern Healthcare. Archived from the original on 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  9. Esposito, Stefano (2021-10-21). "After seven years, AMITA Health partnership breaking up". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  10. Schenker, Lisa (2021-10-21). "Amita Health splitting up, as organizations decide to go separate ways". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
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